People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure. – Lao Tzu
A scholar who cherishes the love of comfort is not fit to be deemed a scholar. – Lao Tzu
It is better to do ones own duty, however defective it may be, than to follow the duty of another, however well one may perform it. He who does his duty as his own nature reveals it, never sins. – Lao Tzu
All difficult things have their origin in that which is easy, and great things in that which is small. – Lao Tzu